cyber security

UK employees are downloading without prior consent, which could lead to data breaches.

A Verizon report found that cyber spy incidents have tripled in the last year.

Zurich warns that companies need to avoid a global shock similar to the 2008 financial crisis

BoE will oversee more than 20 banks and financials in an exercise to test their resilience

The recent Heartbleed security bug highlighted how vulnerable governments, organisations and citizens are to hackers.

Over half of IT personnel don't tell their bosses about cyber threats until it is 'serious'

Over 50% of enterprises feel defenceless against cyber attacks.

Denials follow Bloomberg report that US intelligence agency used bug to harvest passwords.

Christmas is coming, and in the build-up millions of people across the UK will be shopping for presents online. But the Met Police has warned web users it's a time when many could also become the victims of fraud.

Many of the compromised accounts were used by hackers to make online purchases.

Half of FTSE100 companies have cyber security concerns and issues

The Economist Intelligence Unit report claims companies can use cyber crime as a business opportunity

Consultancy PwC survey shows 39% of financial services groups suffered from cyber attacks.

Third IT gaff to hit the supermarket in two months.

With hacktivists, cyber-criminals and Russian authorities, can anyone at Sochi 2014 expect privacy?

Cyber attacks are serious and growing threat to British businesses, according to Cable.

Spending by US retailers in 2014 for security is expected to reach $720.3m, according to IDC Retail Insights.

Yahoo said hacking of its email service was likely from third-party database compromise.

Laptops were stolen by former employee who was asked to maintain or dispose them.

FBI issued confidential report to retailers detailing possible risks of malware affecting point-of-sale systems.

Hacker known as Guccifer, who leaked nude self-portraits of George Bush snatched by Romanian police.

Cyber security firm IntelCrawler said new breaches at US retailers could appear very soon.

Payment networks Visa and MasterCard often levy fines on payment processors for cyber security breach.

Target is investing $5m in a multi-year campaign to educate the public on phishing scams.

Mandiant became popular after it exposed Chinese hackers last year.

Following the RBS banking outage and various other issues, Capgemini takes a look at IT infrastructure

Researchers discover Atrax malare kit which uses the anonymous Tor network to help steal bitcoins.

Companies and individuals must be vigilant against dangerous cyber-criminal, says Hale

Cameron will meet Manmohan Singh in New Delhi and expected to seal joint cyber taskforce agreement.